Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Set To Perform At US-Mexico Border To Oppose President Trump's Wall

What happens when one of the world’s most disliked leaders decides to build a wall, literally between two countries that have coexisted up until that moment peacefully? The world retaliates. And that’s what’s happening right now. Although, there’s one person who is portraying the retaliation through a beautiful gesture—music.

Pink Floyd’s very own Roger Waters—also the band’s co-founder—has decided to oppose the building of the wall by performing the band’s most iconic album, ‘The Wall’, at the US-Mexico border. The track, that released in 1969, was an instant hit because it resonated with a particular school of thought—freedom of speech and expression, to live and let live and to have a right and a say.

As we stand at a junction today, where all of these ideals seem to be threatened by the very leader who is supposed to uphold them, Roger Waters’ move becomes all the more symbolic and critical to the cause. Speaking about the album, Waters told AFP, “(The album is) very relevant now with Mr. Trump and all of this talk of building walls and creating as much enmity as possible between races and religions.” He further added, ““There will first need to be an awakening against these far-right policies. The sewers are engorged by greedy and powerful men as I speak to you.” Waters also said, “Music is a legitimate place to express protest, musicians have an absolute right, a duty, to open their mouths to speak out.” The artist has always been vocal about his opinion on Trump, comparing his rule to that of Adolf Hitler’s reign over Germany in 1930.